Dynamo-electric machine.



L. A. Hymm, DYNAMO ELEG RG MACEINE.

APPLICATION FILE@ l, 1908..

'HTZFSSEE unimo srnrijas LAURENCE A. HAWKINS, F SCHENECTADY, NEVI YORK, ASSIGNOR T GENERIKI 'ELECTRIC COMPANY, .A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application led April 1,

To all whom t may`concem:

Be it known that I, LAURENCE A. HAWKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of 4Schenectady, Stateof New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Dynamo-Electric Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to synchronous alternating-current machines, and is vpmrticularly applicable to machines having stationary armatures in which the number of armature coils is ordinarily an exact multiple of the Y number of field polesfand its object is to l vided between the several phases, so that thev number of coils per phase per pole is small. In machines with a large number of poles the number lof slots per pole per phase is usually two or three. This concentration of the winding is likely to result in pronounced harmonics in the wave of induced electroinotive force, and if the circuit conditions are such as to accentuate the effect of the harmonics, they may create. a disturbance on the system. 4 It has been' proposed heretofore to obtain the effect of a more or less complete distri-- bution of the armature winding by an unsymmetrical 'arrangement of the field poles, such that corresponding armature colsbeneath adjacentpoles do not lie in quite the sameposition with respectto those poles at the same instant.t This ,constructiom however, produces an unbalancing of theeld nignet, both mechanically and magnetica y. y

By my invention I am enabled to obtain the same results without disturbing the sym metry of the field magnet. I accomplish this by providing a number of slots in the armature slightly in excess of that which would ordinarily be 'emplo ed,-or, in other Words, slightly in excess o the number required to receive the armature coils. If these slots are Sliecication of Letters Patent. PQJQEQ@ gmg 29. i @1 EE,

190e. seriai No. 424,470.

.'coilsof the Winding beneath adjacent poles are in somewhat diiierent positions with respect to those poles at the same instant, precisely as though theeld poles were shifted. It is not necessary to employ armature coils of diiferent widths. 0n the contrary, the winding may be composed forni-wound coils, all of uniform pitch, as in a standard machine. Furthermore, by prop erly selecting the number of slots, and properly placing the coils in the slots, a symmetrical phase relation ci the induced voltages in a polyphase machine may be obtained.

My invention will best be understood by referenceto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a diagrammatic deve/iop- Inent of a machine arranged in accordance with my invention in its simplest form; Fig. 2 is a modification or" the same, ranged to give a symmetrical phase relation of the voltages; induced in the several phases of the winding; and Figs. 3 and l show the saine principle applied to windings o' didier ent pole numbers and different numbers of phases.

In Iiig. I, N, S, etc., represent the poles of the :field magnet, and A the laminated and slotted a nature core, of a synchronous alternating current machine. The core A. is provided with a three-phase winding, the three-phases being represented by B, C D. The coils of each phase are connected to each other inthe usual manner, and the .three phases may be connected in either "I or delta. AIn the drawing', the Y-connection is illustrated, the free terininalsoi` the phases being' indicated by Z, c, il, respectively, and the common terminali or neutral by 0. To assist in distinguishing the phases 'from each other,y the coils composing them are indicated by different kinds ol lines. The coils of the phase are indicated by lightifull' lines., the coils of phase C byl dotted lines, and the coils of phase D by heavy full lines, 36 coils are shown, l2 coils per phase, and 2 coils per pole 'per phase; but the armature,

instead of having 36 slots, which would be the usual number, has 37 slots. I'lllhe result is that two of the slots are only hall filled,V

eachy containing only one coil conductor or set o' conductors, instead oi' we. Ifurthcrmore, the pitclroi each coil is slightly less than the pole-pitch ci the ieldemagnet, the

evenly spaced. it results that corresponding coil pitch being G slots, and the pole-pitch IOS being G2; sluis. Cunsequen'ly, cni'i'eponifling eve-i'. li l coils of the saune ph se unile; flill'ei'en'e poles ing; s Queupj slightlbV ilinei'enl; pufii'imrl Willi i'e- .rnvnl speen L0 lhofze poles, :an that when ille l2 euil l muy comprising euch plume :ne eiiznuiileieil in fliraplneei linil'i'elzliuus lo the sever-ui pel clixijiluee( he llun'` there if; un el. :l nl :i cumple e Q u lulill u ..listi'nniliun ol the cuil euml il an even v: ve nl induced eleeli'i le without hzuinnninaT will he iii-ml: f

The arrangement shuun in lv pha'e machine, nul he musli- :ulvnulnj loi' u polyplxzie n'nufhine, 'me ihr iflilzieeini.

)lei is mimi in pi, :y

l il the nuniliei el slots would he 121, und lhe departure from u. true llii'ee-plmse relulinn i '3X-3+ 1 35'?. would be less 1li-nn lo. il', liowevei 'lliff number olf sluts be properly elw-fen, unil the l Y nina. liner@ 49 coils he properly zn'i'znlgeil in lha, slime; in "l lx1 li il" eXuet-ll11=ee-pl1:1se i'elulien muy readily hetl i ,1L K i., n, pole-pneu eens per pele per pluma oil nlisplzuunieni IAu-,h nl' 'ihe plums is' ,f' #finis une jacent coils nl phuxe l) :ire Shi'li'leil iw() Sinin toward the right, 0i' v: isili unmun` le the. saine thing. looked :it from lm ielkluinil end of the ligure, lwn Coils nl plmw l :we helm-en 55 shifted each one slot; to J(he left. "llml, hif; vuil nl plume 1li hein/j ,shined 'i/wn :sluts le l?" coil nr 'angeinent ver; u true lhreu-pluixe i he righi, :in/.l une wil nl.' uh se l, inve lots relation of induced Vol'mges, will le seen f he lull, in uhh-ain thisy wei-:ige unil {lis-- li'oin the following wnsielmfzilinn. Lluinpixrlmmwzn-vni.

i. .ng phuses.: ll unil (l, ily will lie seen llnxlt vurfli Vig. i ri. aux; my inveniinn :applied liu u. u G0 phase hns l2 coils. The nils elf pi se l5 luwplmsiz bix-pole nmel'fi ieri e" l-` @nils lz" ure 'fill regularly :nimm unil l() nils nl' nur pole uw pluw, :xml 3S ilse :sifphzise (el ure regularly :ii-1': .uuml Vflnxl.. i@ ,uuilure ",lliu leiniinuli-: ul' ure of any number of phases and any number of coils per hole per phase, as Well as to spaced poles, an armature core having evenly uniform pitch carried in the slots, the slots lscope of my invention.

Way, one coil is shifted 3 slots to the right, l as viewed at the right-hand end of the figure. The average\,goiltlisplaceiiieiit between the phases is ffl slots, which is f the pitch of the. field poles, which is 3.? or 1g"- slots.

'My invention is applicable to a machine other1 types of Winding than that shown in the drawings. Consequently, I do not .de-

sire to limit myselfto the particular -construction and arrangement parts here shown, but aim 1n the appended claims to cover all modifications which are within the That I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isl. A synchronous alternating-current machine, having a field magnet with evenly spaced slots in number indivisible by the number of field poles, and an armature Winding comprising coils all of the same pitch carried in said slots, the number of armature coils being an exact multiple of the nui'nber ofeld poles. f

2. A synchronous alternatingcurrent machine, having a field magnet with evenly spaced poles, a slotted armature core, and an armature Winding comprising coils of uniform pitch carried in the slots, the-slots being evenly spaced and slightly greater in num er than required to contain said coils.

3. A synchronous alternating-current machine, having a field magnet With evenly spaced poles,'a slotted armature core, and an armature Winding comprising coils of being evenly spaced and the number of slots per pole being an integer. plus a fraction, the number of armature coils being an exact multiple of the number of field poles.

4. A synchronous alternating-current fria,-

chine, having a field magnet with evenly spaced poles, a slotted armature core, and a polyphase armature winding composed of i coils of uniform pitch carried in thc slots, i the slots being 'evenly spaced and slightly greater in number than required to contain said coils and certain ofthe coils of certain of the phases being shifted -so as to give the desired phase relation between the voltages induced in the phases of the armature winding.

A synchronous alternating-current machine, having a field magnet with evenly spaced poles, an armature core having evenly spaced slots in numberindivisiblebythe number of field poles, and armature coils all of the same pitch carried in said slots and connected in a plurality of phases, certain of the coils of certain of the phases being shifted so as to give the desired phase relation between, the voltages induced in the phases of the. armature Winding.

6.,.A synchronous alternating-current ma-v comprising coils carried in but not entirely filling all of said slots.

7. A synchronous alternatingcurrent machine, having a field magnet with evenly spaced poles, an armature core having uniformly spaced slots, and an armature winding comprising coils carried .in said slots, the number of coils being a multiple of the number of field poles and the number of slots being slightly greater than required to contain said coils.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of March, 12108.

LAURENCE A. HAXVKINS.

Witnesses: v

l. HEwLi'r'r SoUDDEn, Jr.,

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